baby koi

Well it’s amazing what you can find in the pond when the water clears up. Some things are not so fun like the stubborn clumps of string algae and acorn tops the squirrels keep shaking into the pond. The really nice thing is that the koi actually look prettier in the clearer water and I can see them even when they are cruising around the bottom. But even better is that the clearer pond let me catch a glimpse of two new koi today. A few thousand eggs one month ago and two koi fry have survived. I’m excited to see what these pond mutts will eventually look like – I believe the parents were Momochan and Takuan. Here’s a blurry photo of one of the baby koi. Need to get the Go-Pro into the water…

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I grew up in Southern California and graduated from the United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1982. I was commissioned a military intelligence officer and served with XVIII ABN Corps (Fort Bragg, NC), 82d ABN Div (Fort Bragg, NC) and 42d FA Bde (Germany). I hold a master's degree in early childhood special education and an administrative endorsement in educational supervision.

I moved to Minnesota in 2010 and married a man who happens to enjoy digging holes and constructing waterfalls. I envision that every spring and summer will be spent puttering around a koi pond. Aside from koi, I enjoy starting random hobbies (trapeze lessons, pottery, sumi-e), gardening, reading a good book, drinking tea and a thousand other things that won't fit into this text box.

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